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Bronxville Flood Restoration for a Village on the Bronx River
When the Bronx River spills onto Parkway Road, Paxton Avenue or Stone Place, our crews come from Harrison to dry out the houses, apartments and co-ops it reached and rebuild what it ruined.
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Bronxville, NY
Who restores flood-damaged homes in Bronxville?
Our team at Strongwater Restoration does, working out of 111 Calvert Street in Harrison, about 9 road miles from Village Hall on Pondfield Road. We pump out floodwater, track drying with moisture meters, remove what can’t be saved and rebuild, for Lawrence Park houses, apartments in the village center and homes along Parkway Road.
Bronxville covers about one square mile, and nearly all of its housing is old. Roughly 70% of the village’s 2,442 housing units date from 1939 or earlier, according to the Census Bureau’s 2020-2024 estimates, and 93% from before 1980. The mayor has written that about 40% of residents live in apartments, co-ops and condominiums, so one flood can involve a board and a managing agent as well as an owner. Walls and floors from that era can contain lead paint or asbestos, which we handle as part of the job.
Housing: U.S. Census ACS 5-year estimates. Distance is approximate.
About Bronxville
What makes Bronxville so prone to flooding?
Because its lowest streets sit beside the Bronx River. A 2024 state report found that 33 of the 115 repeat flood-insurance claims in the Bronx River watershed, as of 2019, were in Bronxville, more than in any other community. It also found Paxton Avenue and Parkway Road flooding outside FEMA’s 100-year floodplain, sometimes outside the 500-year one.
The storm of September 29, 2023 showed the cost. Bronxville police said at least 100 cars were destroyed, including at least 60 submerged in the Paxton Avenue parking lot, and the flooding later fell under a federal disaster declaration, DR-4755. On July 21, 2026, the river swelled past its banks again, two cars were fully submerged under the Palmer Avenue overpass of the Bronx River Parkway, and village public works crews pumped water back toward the river to keep it out of buildings.
The USGS gauge on the Bronx River at Bronxville logged its peak, 2,500 cubic feet per second, during Agnes on June 19, 1972, and reached 2,000 during Floyd in September 1999, the year it was decommissioned. The county’s 2021 hazard plan counts 232 flood-insurance claims in the village, about $6.2 million paid, and 20 repetitive-loss properties. The state’s 2024 Bronx River report judged a berm or levee not recommended.
Much of the village’s response is underground. Sewers have been lined under Parkway Road, Palmer Avenue, Milburn Street, Avon Road, Park Avenue and Woodland Avenue, and a stormwater pump system serves Midland Avenue at Pondfield Road by the Bronxville School. The Crawford drainage project with the Town of Eastchester, begun in October 2025, targets chronic flooding on Crawford Street, Alder Lane, Dusenberry Road and Middle Road and replaces worn-out clay sewer pipe. The mayor wrote in 2024 that storms once expected every 25 to 50 years now seem to come every second or third year.
Permits & rebuilding
Which permits does a Bronxville flood repair need?
At least one, and usually several. Bronxville requires a building permit for any construction, alteration or demolition, and replacing kitchen or bathroom cabinetry, countertops, sinks, tile or fixtures counts. Electrical and plumbing work each need their own permit. Normal review takes about three weeks, and the village then schedules a pre-permit inspection before issuing the permit.
Lining up a Bronxville rebuild
- Contact the Bronxville Building Department at Village Hall, 200 Pondfield Road, 914-337-7338. The counter is open daily from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Schedule the work for weekdays. Village rules allow construction, demolition, alteration and repair work only from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, and never on weekends or listed holidays.
- Expect separate permits for demolition, roofing or siding, oil-burning equipment and generators. Electrical work must be inspected by Better Homes, NYEIS or SWIS.
- Building in a special flood hazard area? Village Code Chapter 156 requires a floodplain development permit, issued by the Superintendent of Buildings.
- Under Chapter 156, damage is substantial if repairs cost 50% or more of pre-damage market value, or if the building flooded twice in 10 years with damage averaging 25% or more. A Certificate of Occupancy closes out every permit at the end.
Services in Bronxville
What do we restore in Bronxville homes and buildings?
Flood and water damage, mold, fire and smoke damage, and the reconstruction that follows, in houses and in apartment, co-op and condo buildings. With so much of the village built before 1940, we plan demolition around older materials, and in multi-unit buildings we coordinate with managing agents and boards across every affected unit.
- Water Damage Restoration
- Fire Damage Restoration
- Smoke Damage Restoration
- Storm & Flood Damage Restoration
- Mold Remediation
- Sewage Cleanup
- Asbestos Abatement
- Lead Paint Removal
- Reconstruction After Damage
- Commercial Water Damage Restoration
- Commercial Fire Damage Restoration
- Restoration for Property Managers
- Estimating, Appraisal & Expert Witness
- Remodeling
FAQ
Bronxville Questions
Which Bronxville streets are known to flood?
The county hazard plan names Parkway Road, Paxton Avenue and Stone Place, which run beside the Bronx River and often flood after heavy rain, plus Midland Avenue at Pondfield Road by the Bronxville School. The state’s 2024 report placed 84% of the village’s 2019 repeat losses near where the Bronx River meets Grassy Sprain Brook.
Who handles water and sewer problems in Bronxville?
Veolia, formerly Suez, supplies the water, and the village asks residents to report water issues to Veolia at 914-632-6900. Most of Bronxville sits in the county’s Bronx Valley Sewer District, where sewage moves by gravity and two pump stations to the Yonkers Joint Wastewater Treatment Plant, through district lines laid about a century ago.
Do you cover the parts of the 10708 ZIP outside the village?
Yes. The 10708 ZIP is far larger than the village and takes in parts of Eastchester, Tuckahoe and Yonkers, including Lawrence Park West, Cedar Knolls and Armour Villa. We serve all of it. Permits for those addresses come from the municipality where the property sits, not from Bronxville’s Building Department.
How far is Bronxville from your Harrison office?
Village Hall at 200 Pondfield Road is about 9.3 miles from 111 Calvert Street by road and 6.3 miles in a straight line. Our office is by Harrison’s Metro-North station on the New Haven Line, while Bronxville’s station is on the Harlem Line. Call (718) 357-9191 and tell us the address.
Nearby
Where else near Bronxville do we work?
Bronxville is part of the Town of Eastchester and shares its 10708 ZIP with parts of Yonkers. From Harrison we also serve Mount Vernon, Scarsdale, Pelham and the rest of Westchester County, along with Greenwich and Stamford in Connecticut and New York City.
Talk to Strongwater
Has the Bronx River reached your Bronxville home?
Call (718) 357-9191 to reach our Harrison office, about 9 road miles from Village Hall.